TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE – 2026 RESEARCH FIELD TEAM Positions: Research Team Leader & Research Team MemberLocation: Quetico Provincial Park, Hwy 11, Atikokan, Ontario108 Saturn Ave, Atikokan, Ontario, P0T 1C0Length of Employment: 16 weeks; May 4 – August 23, 2026Application Deadline: March 8, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time(Send your cover letter and resume to jared.stachiw@ontario.ca) […]
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The Quetico Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its 2026 Science Research Grant, supporting scientific research conducted within Quetico Provincial Park. Up to $50,000 in total funding is available for projects that advance knowledge and conservation of this iconic wilderness area. Applications are due March 1, 2026, and successful recipients
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By: Jared Stachiw, Quetico Provincial Park Biologist Quetico Provincial Park is one of the hidden jewels of the Ontario Parks system. Tucked away in Northwestern Ontario, between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances, it is comprised of both Boreal and Great Lakes-St. Lawerence forests. At nearly 1.2 million acres of rugged wilderness, it is one of
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By: Connor and Raquel The Quetico Foundations’ biology team has just finished two backcountry trips into the northern regions of the park for surveillance of an invasive plankton-eating species called the spiny water flea (SWF). The purpose of these trips was to go to lakes that have no confirmed cases of SWF and use weighted
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By: Jared Stachiw Quetico Park is one of Ontario’s largest wilderness parks, encompassing over 1 million acres of rugged wilderness with regal red pine stands, large boreal wetlands, tranquil streams, and windswept lakes. We are incredibly proud to conserve these wild landscapes. To responsibly steward this protected area, we need to continually refine our understanding
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Photo 1: Kelsey Atatise standing beside a huge white pine on the 3080m portage into Cache Lake from Lindsay Lake. Photo Credit: Katherine Tripp. Photo 2: Offering tobacco prior to obtaining an increment core form a red pine. Photo Credit: Kelsey Atatise. I started working as part of the Quetico Foundation Research Team in the year
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by: Dr. Michael Rennie, Canada Research Chair in Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries Assistant Professor Quetico Provincial Park has been described as a ‘natural oasis’; with all the things going on in the world, in Quetico, you can get in a canoe, traverse a few portages, and the outside world quickly melts away leaving just you
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by Katie Tripp and Kelsey Atalise Although this year had a shorter than normal season, a lot was accomplished by the biologist assistant crew. They assisted with four main projects this season; assessed lake trout vulnerability to climate change, identified the location of Spiny Water flea, an invasive species in Quetico’s lakes with a Lakehead
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JOB POSTING – 2020 Research Field Team Program Position: Research Field Team Lead (Assistant to the Park Biologist) Location: Quetico Provincial Park, Atikokan ON, P0T 1C0 Length of Employment: 16 weeks – early May to the end of August Application Deadline: March 2, 2020 or when position is filled Position Description:
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Introduction: Bats (bapakwaanaajiinh in Anishinaabemowin) are an important component of biodiversity, particularly as a voracious insect predator. Five species of bat have been reported in Quetico, including three species of migratory bats – Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinerius), Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and Eastern Red Bat(Lasiurus borealis) as well as two non-migratory species – Big Brown
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